Archive · 27 Jan 2026
NCERT Launches WhatsApp Channel for Educational Updates
The NCERT has started a WhatsApp Channel to share important updates about school subjects, teacher training, and other educational activities.
They also worked with the Delhi Police to stop people from printing and selling fake NCERT textbooks.
During a raid, they found and took away many fake books and printing machines.
Additionally, NCERT has many job positions that are not filled, which is more than half of the total jobs they are allowed to have.
This information was shared in the Rajya Sabha, which is like a big meeting of important people who make decisions about the country.
NCERT launched an official WhatsApp Channel to share authentic updates on curriculum, textbooks, teacher training, and educational initiatives.
In collaboration with the Delhi Police, NCERT conducted a raid on a printing facility in Ghaziabad, seizing 32,000 pirated textbooks and printing equipment.
The raid was based on an earlier case registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Copyright Act of 1957.
NCERT is currently functioning with 1,625 vacant posts out of 2,844 sanctioned positions.
The information about vacancies was shared in the Rajya Sabha in response to a question by MP Samirul Islam.
- Who
- National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
- What
- Launched an official WhatsApp Channel and conducted a raid on pirated textbooks
- When
- January 22, 2026 (WhatsApp Channel launch), November 11, 2025 (raid initiated)
- Where
- NCERT headquarters, regional institutes, and departments; raid in Village Jawli, Loni, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
- Why
- To provide authentic educational updates and curb illegal printing of textbooks
- Organization
- National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
- Purpose of WhatsApp Channel
- To share curriculum updates, textbooks, teacher training, educational research, workshops, and initiatives
- Pirated Textbooks Seized
- 32,000 pirated NCERT textbooks
- Location of Raid
- Village Jawli, Loni, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
- Vacant Posts at NCERT
- 1,625 out of 2,844 sanctioned posts
- Legal Action
- Unauthorized printing, distribution, or sale of NCERT textbooks is a punishable offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Copyright Act of 1957